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Record ID: NLM-920694
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Cufflink or Button front. Cast concavo-convex lentoid stud with a pair of scars from attachment to a loop or chain (now lost) on the back. A hand drawn incised design on the front comprises a looped strap with buckle pin holes along it, fastened by a large oval buckle. Shading is added by vertical and diagonal strokes, as is a border of angled sprays. This object is decorated, in a craft tradition rather than an industrial setting. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Length: 17.1mm, Width: 12.9mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 0.85gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-23F892
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver cufflink element. The element is damaged and miss-shapen, but was probably originally octagonal in shape. The front is slightly convex with a flared rim (incomplete), The front is decorated with an incised double profile portrait of a man and a woman, probably William and Mary. At the back is a circular sectioned wire loop. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1689 -1694 Dimensions: 13.90 x 13.52 x 0.64 Weight: 0.56 g
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7BFED3
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver cufflink element. A disc from one end of a cufflink. On the front is a raised design of a heart with a small flame rising from the top and two arrows in saltire behind it. The raised design is surrounded by a stippled background within a raised circular line border. Beyond this is a down turned edge forming the side ending in an out turned lip. Corresponding recessed areas on the back suggest the design was stamped. The loop on the back is oval with a flattened outer side and formed of circular sectioned drawn wire soldered onto the disc. the solder has covered th…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6A6642
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A circular silver cufflink with downward-angling rim. The upper surface is decorated with two hearts, set side by side, a crown above. This decoration is executed in low relief, while the recessed background is stippled. A loop has been attached to the centre of the hollow underside. The motif of two hearts under a crown was used to symbolise the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662, although the style probably remained in fashion for some years after. Such cufflinks are commonly recorded through the Treasure Act, similar examples including 2005 T168 from Kenswor…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Billington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AE12E3
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2012 T241 Period: late 17th century- early 18th century Description: silver cufflink decorated with a crown above two hearts, with a stippled background. No edges remain. On the reverse is a central silver wire loop through which an elongated joining silver wire loop passes. This is broken at one end. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.36mm Thickness: 0.37mm Weight: 0.82g Length on attachment loop: 15.72mm Discussion: A similar item can be found from Niton and Whitwell, Isle of Wight (2010 T263; PAS no. IOW-FF3431). Consequently, in terms of age and as the objec…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0153C3
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of post-Medieval silver cuff links (c. 1700-c. 1800 AD). The cuff link consists of two silver cast octagonal discs joined together by an elongated silver wire loop, circular in cross-section. The discs are slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear. Each disc has a central silver wire loop, circular in cross-section, at the rear through which the elongated joining loop passes. The design at the front of each disc is similar and consists of an octagonal groove close to the outline shape. Within the groove, at the centre, is an engraved flower motif …
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-770765
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2012 T199, disclaimed and returned to finder Description: Post Medieval silver cufflink element, one end of a cufflink. The piece is formed of two circular pieces of silver sheet now squashed flat together but possibly originally with a convex front and back. On the front is a raised design of a heart with a small flame rising from the top and two arrows in saltire behind it. The raised design is surrounded by a stippled background within a raised circular line border, now worn. The edge appears irregular and broken all the way around and may originally have been turn…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F16693
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T181 Post Medieval cuff link element Period: 1730's onwards Description: silver sheet disc belonging to a cufflink. The front has a raised decoration consisting of a crown above clasped hands, which are above two flaming (?) hearts. The background is stipled/ textured. The cufflink has down-turned edges, bent in places and in one section of the edge has been sheared of from the face. The reverse has a cylindrical tube soldered in place and at the other end of this tube is soldered the remains of a circular disc, now badly damaged. At the centre of the fac…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-CAA2C7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Solid cast silver sleeve button or cufflink, comprising two discs held by the central shank, the uppermost disc stamped with two hearts beneath a single crown. The hearts are on a speckled background and just touch each other. The crowned hearts are a device associated with the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662. A similar button was found in Virginia, USA in the 1960s and published in Noel Hume 1969, fig.22. This object was found in February 2001 and has been acquired by the British Museum, acquisition number: 2002,0711.1
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-22D732
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T125 Post Medieval silver cuff link Description: Post Medieval (17th Century) incomplete cast silver cufflink. The cufflink would have originally comprised of two circular discs linked with a loop. Only one disc survives. It is circular in plan with down turned edges, the left had edge of which is now distorted. The upper surface is decorated with two joined hands with a crown above and two hearts below. There is a small pellet above each heart and the background has a stippled effect. There is a 'D' shaped silver wire attachment loop on the reverse. The cufflink …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.